I’m pretty sure they both have the same caliber (8.8cm) but the L/71 is 71 calibers long while the
L/100 is 100 calibers long so increased pen for the longer gun due to more room for the gases to expand (increasing impulse and therefore momentum).

Caliber does not mean penetration…dont say things you dont know anything about.
Caliber is a measurement of one aspect of a shell. There are other measurements that affect penetration more than caliber.
For example .308 and 30-06 share the same caliber bullet. Yet the 30-06 has much more force behind it.

“L” Isn’t the caliber…The L stands for….well, length (Länge). The number after the L is the number of times the calibers long the gun is. (How many times will 88 go into its length. A .50 cal gun that is 1 inch long has a length of 1.). An 88 L100 is 8.8 meters long, an 88 L71 is 6.2 meters long, and an 88 L56 is 4.9 meters long. So on and so fourth. 88 (Caliber) L100 (Length).

@ Heldermartins1: this comment is bullshit if i may say that 😀 The L/71 has a length of 71 calibers (approx: 5,68meters), whereas the L/100 has a 100 caliber length (ca. 8,8meters).
Would be nice though if it kept the 223pen like the E50 has, decent gun imho

Guess the Panther is finally getting some much needed love, I’m looking forward to how it will turn out. I do hope they won’t kill the dpm though, that’s the main selling point of the Panther II, kind of surprised they just didn’t buff the 75 so it had strong dpm, I like running that gun from time to time because it’s hilarious and a challenge to do well with. Maybe if I get my hopes up, the 75 could fire as fast as the E25 and make the gun choice between 88 and 75 really interesting.

Problem with giving such a gun, to a tier 8, is that they may have to do it to other tier 8 mediums, and give them a small tap of re-balance, to even get close to that. It is nice that it is getting a ‘re-balance’ but this is also proof that the power creep is real.

Is that a buff to 150 mm front that I see?
Very good news, I unexpectedly like every German mid tier HT/MT, but Panther II felt too mediocre in everything. I’ll gladly welcome buff/slight playstyle tweak, but two potential significant buff? That would be almost too good to be true.

Yeah, we all know how useful is sniping in the current corridor meta.
Well, at least it will now struggle less with penning heavies frontally. That is, if they don’t give it worse DPM than the L/71, otherwise it’s an absolutely useless change.

New gun is great! It used to be an expensive, yet must-have thing on the E 50. It’s expensive, but you will have to get it first. Not to mention how much it would improve Panther II’s performance, from sth with Centurion I’s cons and more, to a real fire support + sniper tank with sth to boast of.

I hope they will not fuck up the tank’s basic dimensions like in the case of HD Panther. If a vehicle itself is too high, WG will make it even higher. Then it will be a year-long problem to alter its suspension to the real level. I think (bela)russian brains are still waging the war against hordes of Panthers, Tigers, Artshturms and Ferdinands, whose should be eradicated by all means possible.